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On Nov 15, 4:31*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
Anyone ever hear of a seaplane/amphibious motor-glider? *I wonder if there is one out there that I have never heard about. Back in the 1930s, the Crawford glider co. , of Seal Beach, CA, offered a Crawford amphibious glider with pontoons and a Szelesky engine. Also around 1930, Hawley Bowlus put an engine and pontoons on one of his gliders and flew off San Diego Bay. There may be others but those are the ones which come to mind without looking it up. If we are talking unpowered, there were several. In about 1929, there was the Peel Glider Boat Company of Long Island, NY. Also, the Navy had a few prototypes during WW II, but never actually developed them. Skliar designed the Aqua Glider in 1959, in the US but I don't know where, Florida, I think. Then there was the pre-war German DFS Seeadler and Jacht 71. There were many, many others Oh, did I mention the Crawford and the Bowlus were both primary gliders? |
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